Lancaster City Council has a little more time to decide how it will treat a store owner’s request to be exempt from the city’s Streetscape project.

Hal Crenshaw, owner of Crenco Oil Co., said the efforts to install new curbing and sidewalk along South Main Street would hurt his business, Crenco Food Store. The beautification project has already started along that section of Main Street, but Crenshaw has asked that his convenience store be exempt from the project.

The truck sped up and rounded a turn when the driver lost control and struck the concrete barrier in turn two.

This might sound like a description of Saturday night at the races at the Lancaster Speedway.

But instead, the high-speed action was Tuesday when employees of a sprinkler service company decided to drink beer and take a turn on Lancaster’s dirt track, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office incident report.

Engineers at the S.C. Department of Transportation report that the work to replace the northbound and southbound bridges on Interstate 77 at exit 62 in Chester County has progressed swiftly since beginning on Monday.

The removal of both bridge decks was completed in two days.

Crews began setting the 12 new beams on Wednesday. Four girders were put in place on that day.

• A Lancaster man said his car was hit by a bullet as he drove down Pardue Street about 10 p.m. June 6.

The report said an officer was flagged down by the man in the parking lot of Kirk’s Quick Stop on Arch Street.

The police department received calls about gunshots fired on Pardue Street about the same time, the report said. Officers checked the area but found no suspects or evidence and returned to help the man on Arch Street.

Library and recreation department services won’t be drastically cut, but residents will see a little extra on their tax bills next year.

County Council approved a 1.7-mill tax increase during second reading of the county’s 2010-11 budget on Monday. The tax increase will add another $403,815, and it means that library and recreation services council members talked about cutting at first reading will remain in the budget. Council must have one more reading of the budget to finalize it.